CAHSS Podcast: Preventing Avian Influenza

Jun 22, 2023

Dr. Jean-Pierre Vaillancourt is an expert in poultry health and biosecurity and focuses on developing strategies to help to control the risk of infection with diseases such as Avian Influenza (AI). He joins us in this episode to review actions and essential biosecurity steps to help maintain healthy flocks and minimize the chance of Avian…

New probiotic prospects for controlling NE

Jun 22, 2023

Seeking synergy Shayan Sharif’s latest research on necrotic enteritis (NE) takes two different approaches to controlling the disease and one of its key causal agents, Clostridium perfringens. He’s identified new strains of probiotic bacteria and created a new NE vaccine, and is now hoping to discover added synergy by combining them. Dr. Sharif, associate dean…

Benches at the barn entry: an impactful biosecurity enhancement

Jun 21, 2023

In North America – and specifically Canada – the poultry industry is now faced with a higher disease threat from Avian Influenza than in years past. Avian Influenza is being spread by wild birds. Surveillance shows infected wild birds in every corner of Canada and the United States. With migration patterns and virus spread, the…

CFC’s Responsible Antimicrobial Use Strategy

Jun 21, 2023

Update for Industry on Category III Antimicrobials Launched in 2012, CFC’s Responsible Antimicrobial Use (AMU) Strategy continues to support the responsible use of antimicrobials that have been approved by the Veterinary Drugs Directorate of Health Canada. CFC’s Responsible AMU Strategy has been founded on the key elements of reduction, surveillance, stewardship, research and innovation to…

Avian Influenza: Preparation and Prevention

Jun 21, 2023

Addressing avian influenza requires a two-pronged approach: prevention, in the form of strict biosecurity implementation, and preparation, by developing plans and SOPs, are equally important for tackling this new level of risk we are faced with in the Canadian poultry sector. To help with the preparation part, Chicken Farmers of Canada has developed an Avian…